The presidential debate: Did moderator Jim Lehrer get steamrolled by Mitt Romney?

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Jim Lehrer played the role of enforcer Wednesday night at the first presidential debate. YouTube

October 3, 2012

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In the first presidential debate, Mitt Romney seemed to have his way with moderator Jim Lehrer. The Republican candidate repeatedly blew through Lehrer's attempts to keep his responses within time limits (as did Obama), and at one point successfully demanded that he get the last word in a debate over taxes. (Some clever Tweeter has already created a "Silent Jim Lehrer" profile.) Here, some other reactions from Twitter:

Anybody keeping track of time of possession? I would guess Romney has talked at least 60% of the time.